Heel-cutting die



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C. W. GLIDDEN.

HEEL CUTTING DIE. No. 399,608. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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CHARLES W. GLIDDEN, OF LYNN, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES YV. BROOKS, TRUSTEE,

' OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEEL-CUTTING DIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,608, dated March 12, 1889.

Application iiled .lune 29, 1888x To all whom it 17mg/ concern,.-

Be it known that l, CHARLES W'. GLIDDEN, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State oi' Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Heel-Cutting Dies, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a slireciiication, like letters on the drawings ri-presenting like parts.

This invention has for its object the production ot a cutting die or plu nger whereby a heel-pile maybe cut at its heel-seat end and expanded to give to the rear ot' the heel its pitch or bevel and to pitch or bevel the heel more or less along its sides. The die herein shown is also provided with a follower to concave the heel-seat.

My invention consists, essentially, `in a die having a cutting-blade beveled at its side next the rear oi` the heel, whereby the blade, when forced down into the h eel-pile, acts to force the portion oi.' the heel outside ot the blade outwardly, thus giving tothe rear of the heel the bevel or pitch desired.

Figure l in vertical section shows a die embodying my invention and a co-operating mold; Fig. 2, an under side view of the die shown in Fig. l,the dotted .line a showing the line oit' section for Fig. l, the mold being omitted. Figs. and i show different views of the blade; and Fig. 5, on a smaller scale, shows a heel-pile cnt and shaped in accordance with my invention.

ln the n'ianuii'acture of heels having a bevel7 or pitch at the rear and along the sides it is customary to employ heel-lifts of different size and cut and trim the pile by a molded cutter. ln this way there is a considerable waste of stock, so l have devised means whereby a heel having bevel or pitch at its rear may beinade from a heel-pile the individual lifts of which are only of substantially the size of the small or tread end of the heel.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a plate, which in practice will be attached in usual manner to a plunger, so as to raise and lower it.

The plate A has secured to it, as by bolts A', a lollmver, ll, ,having a convex. surface,

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which, by meeting the seat end of the heel,

concaves the same. This follower B, as shown, is hollow and receives within it a blade, C, (shown as of U shape,) which blade, beveled at its outer side, as at Lis entered by holding pins or studs c, projecting from a eenter block, D. (Shown as held in place by a screw, as A2.) The center block receives within presser-studs l) vI), the Shanks of which are surrounded by spiral springs b b', pins 4 acting to prevent the presser-pins from falling out. The presser-pins, by coming in contact with the heel just in advance of the blade C, prevent any twisting or turning of the heel in the mold F, (shown only in section, Fig. 1,) the said mold in practice resting on the bed or other plate, (not showin) while the said blade enters the heel, the presser-pins also act-ing to discharge the heel from the cutter. The inner wall of the mold at its rear end is beveled, as at i0. e

In accordance with my invention I take a heel-pile, ll,and placing it preferablyin a mold, F, cut into the saine from its heel-seat end bythe beveled blade C, the latter cutting into the heel for a greater or less distance, causing the beveled outer side, 3, of the blade to push away or outwardly all that part of the rear part and sides of the heel outside of the bla-de, the heel 3 of the blade causing the rear and sides of the heel to be forced against the mold and assume a pitch or bevel, as at the right oi:` Fi 5,this pitch or bevel being niore or less, according to the bevel of the blade C and ot' the mold. The hole e lett by the blade, which hole may extend to or nearly to the tread-litt r1, may be illed with paper-pulp or other rigid or solid material.

The method of forming a heel as herein de scribed forms the subject-matter of application, Serial No. 278,113, iiled June 25, 1888.

I do not desire to limit iny invention to the exact form oi' blade to cut into and expand the heel.

l claiml. The mold F', combined with the die having a cutter-blade beveled at its outer side and acting, when forced into the heel,to force outwardly, as described, the substance of the heel outside the blade to give to the. heel at IOO stance of the heel outside the blade to give to the heel at its rear the desired bevel or pitch, and the center block and presser-pin to operate substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES VV. GLIDDEN.

lvitnesses:

H. P. FAIRFIELD, W. C. WILLsoN. 

